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rp, you worry too much
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04-02-2021 03:44 PM
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Sorry, someone spilled the peanuts again
I'm following these things, but can't record at the moment. Most of these are over my head anyway ...but..
Gb7 to Fm7b5 is unusual and is the only really jarring change in the tune to my ear.
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..into the half diminished...
I'm running into this chord, whatever it is quite a bit, in various forms. Usually subbing for something I don't like in my books.
..now, back to your regularly scheduled programing ...
Cheers,
Mike
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Originally Posted by John A.
Whereas in Strayhorn despite his obvious (if rather non-pop) talent for melody, the harmony frequently takes centre stage.
He was hearing in ‘melodic minor harmony’ and non functional chord sequences before anyone had thought to define those things. you can hear this already in Take the A train. Ellington had worked a lot with the whole tone scale and all sorts of hip and unique harmonisations that not so much ahead of this time as paths largely untaken, but Strayhorn brought a new, modern and impressionistic palette that became incredibly influential. Gil Evans could not have existed without Strayhorn.
I’m not saying he was the first to use 7#11 on a II7 chord (I honestly have no idea), but to my ears that chord IS A Train. The tune’s identity is as much harmonic as melodic.
UMMG is interesting in that unlike say, Chelsea Bridge, it doesn’t really have any non functional stuff per se, but the ‘Db dim7’ becomes a tremendously important feature in the arrangement. Needless to say Strayhorn’s chord does not sound like a dim7 chord. I know what those sound like lol.
Last edited by christianm77; 04-02-2021 at 04:33 PM.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Agreed regarding Dolphin Dance, definitely a tune I would delve into some time in the future. By the way, I'm not one to gripe about a tune's complexity. Just a matter of evaluating time investment. If I don't actually like the tune I may keep that quiet because there are others who obviously do. I didn't spend enough time with UMMG to find out if it was hiding some kind of secret. The current one, Unit 7, is looking good, time permitting.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
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